Friday, October 24, 2014

Poltergeist

Suburban family starts to experience weird and inexplicable occurrences around their home. The incidents start benignly enough, but quickly become threatening to the safety of the family members.

Loved revisiting this classic, which scared me plenty as a kid. Found it entertaining enough this time though the second hour drags a bit with the supernatural jibber-jabber and unnecessary explanations. The depiction of early 80s suburbia, lightened by humorous touches, was spot on and nostalgic. No, it's not that scary, and there are no deaths, but it's still a pretty satisfying watch.

For some reason I often think in my head about the scene in the end when the daughter Dana gets out of the car and screams, "What's happening?!" Like, when something weird is going on I'll say that quote in my head.